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CVE-2025-21762 (GCVE-0-2025-21762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-27 02:18 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:54
VLAI
Title
arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit() arp_xmit() can be called without RTNL or RCU protection. Use RCU protection to avoid potential UAF.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 17:57 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < 10f555e3f573d004ae9d89b3276abb58c4ede5c3 (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < 307cd1e2d3cb1cbc6c40c679cada6d7168b18431 (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < d9366ac2f956a1948b68c0500f84a3462ff2ed8a (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < f189654459423d4d48bef2d120b4bfba559e6039 (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < e9f4dee534eb1b225b0a120395ad9bc2afe164d3 (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < 01d1b5c9abcaff29a43f1d17a19c33eec92c7dbe (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < 2c331718d3389b6c5f6855078ab7171849e016bd (git)
Affected: 29a26a56803855a79dbd028cd61abee56237d6e5 , < a42b69f692165ec39db42d595f4f65a4c8f42e44 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.291 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.235 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.179 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.129 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.79 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.16 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13.4 , ≤ 6.13.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - BIOS Affected: 0 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem Affected: 0 , < * (custom)
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